If you read any blog post on the subject and it is flooded with comments by developers who feel they still cannot use CSS3 in their work. Rather than being encouraging the responses from the experts in our community can appear as aggressive and superior. Although they are correct in saying CSS3 can be used now, the decision must still fall to the individual, even if their opinions are based on inaccurate assumptions. In this article I'll try to cover some of the more widely adopted CSS3 advancements, showing you not only how to use them but also the support you will likely expect from the major browsers. Why We Can Use CSS3 Now The arguments as to why we cannot use CSS3 include such things as the specification not being finalised or that some elements of CSS3 are either poorly supported or not supported at all.

Both include so many new features and functions that it can be hard to wrap your head around them at times. The inclusion of native support for things like rounded corners and multi-column layouts are just the tip of the ice berg. Below are seventy resources, tutorials, and articles to get you started with CSS3 and HTML 5. Many of the techniques discussed are already supported to some extent in some some modern web browsers (Safari and Firefox have the most extensive support), so you can get started right away.

#you{CSS3:Animator;} - Tips, Tricks and Tutorials for CSS3 Animation. CSS3 Animations. I recently wrote about CSS3 Transitions and the next step for that is sort of CSS Transitions on steroids: CSS3 Animations (CSS Animations Module Level 3 specification).

What are CSS Animations? CSS Animations offers a more detailed way to control animations, the number of times it should iterate and property values at certain keyframes. A simple example Let’s take a look at the code for a simple CSS3 Animations example: 01..animation-container { 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 09. 10. from { 11. width: 200px; 12. background: #f00;
An Introduction To CSS3 Keyframe Animations - Smashing Coding. Advertisement By now you’ve probably heard at least something about animation in CSS3 using keyframe-based syntax.

The CSS3 animations module1 in the specification has been around for a couple of years now, and it has the potential to become a big part of Web design. Using CSS3 keyframe animations, developers can create smooth, maintainable animations that perform relatively well and that don’t require reams of scripting. It’s just another way that CSS3 is helping to solve a real-world problem in an elegant manner. If you haven’t yet started learning the syntax for CSS3 animations, here’s your chance to prepare for when this part of the CSS3 spec moves past the working draft2 stage.

In this article, we’ll cover all the important parts of the syntax, and we’ll fill you in on browser support so that you’ll know when to start using it. A Simple Animated Landscape Scene (NOTE: Versions of Safari prior to 5.1 have a bug that prevents the animation from finishing correctly.
Code Snippets. Pure CSS Timeline – Notebook. I wanted to build a CSS timeline for the “About” section of my site while using some clean and simple markup.

I wanted to avoid using images as much as possible, so I spent a few minutes prototyping some options and came up with a solution using unordered lists. The result is a simple and clean looking timeline with some very straight forward markup. In this article I’ll share my approach to creating a timeline out of CSS and HTML which results in a nice looking, simple timeline. Introduction. Pure Css Data Chart. Data visualization is mostly achieved with flash applications or with help of some programming languages.

Let’s take a look at building a cool looking stack of Polaroid photos with pure CSS styling. View the Demo Check out the demo to see what we’ll be building. Remember, because we’ll be using a couple of CSS3 properties, users with IE won’t see the complete effect, but fully supporting browsers such as Firefox and Safari will be treated to the whole experience. We’ll use basic CSS to style up the photos into a Polaroid style images, then inject some additional styling with shadows and rotation, then use the z-index property to alter the stacking order of all the objects. Start work by sourcing your images. Next, set up the basic page structure with a container centered on the page.

Semantically lay out the collection of images in an Unordered List element, and wrap each image with an anchor to create a clickable link. That’s all there is to it!